Washbasin and fluid dispenser therefor



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' WASHBASINAND min DISPENSER THEREFOR Filed May 2, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET l INVENTOR. FRANK T. HILLIKER ATTORNEY Ap 28, 1953 F. 1'. HILLIKERI WASHBIASIN AND FLUID DISPENSER Filed May 2, 1949 mmvrok FRANK 'r. HILLIKER ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 28, 1953 ,3.

WASHBASIN AND FLUID DISPENSER THEREFOR Frank T. Hilliker, st- LouiaMd Application May 2, 1949,"Serial No. 90,970

1 In commercial eating-establishments such as restaurants, hotels, and the like, it is imperative for maintenance of public health that all dishes and utensils be rinsed in germicidally treated water. Such treatment is generally mandatory by local ordinance and State law. In the actual usage, there is necessity to assure that the-proper amount of germicide is used for the particular quantity of water. Despite the fact that there can be rather broad limits of tolerance, the measuring out of the minimum amount of such germicidal agent has presented some difficulty. The normal personnel engaged in dishwashing operations are generally unskilled and, ordinarily, having smallappreciation f the need for the germicide, perfunctorily pour in unmeasured amounts. Thus, with great frequency, less than the minimum amount of germicidal solution is used causing the wash water to be unhygienic, and with equal frequency an excessive amount is used which constitutes a marked Waste in view of the relatively high cost of such agents.

6 Therefore, it is the primary object of the present invention to provide a wash'basin having a fluid dispenser for germicidal solutions which is adapted to discharge an amount of germicidal solution in proper proportion to the water to be treated in order effectively to create an-antiseptic rinsing solution.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a fluid dispenser of the type above stated, having flow adjusting means for decreasing or increasing the germicidal potency of. the

rinse water.

to provide a dispenser of the type stated which maybe adapted for joint use with another such dispenser for the simultaneous discharge of different materials, each in defined relation to the water to be treated thereby, in the creation 0 separate washing and rinsing solutions. It is an additional object of the present inventionto provide a dispenser of the type stated having a simplicity of parts and which may be economically -manufactured, installed, and maintained. With the above and other objects in view, my invention resides in-the' novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts presently described and pointed out in the claims.

the accompanying drawings (two sheets)- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a fluid dispenser constructed in accordance with and embodying the present invention; I L

7 ,Claims. 01. 134-56) chamber l I.

. z Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the dispenser;

- Figure 4 is a top plan view of the supporting casting;

Figure 5 is a fragmental front elevational view of a modified type fluid dispenser constructed in accordance with and embodying-the present invention;

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of-the modified type of fluid dispenser shown in Figure 5;

Figure '7 is a front elevational view of a pair of connected fluid dispensers mounted for usage upon adjoining basins;

Figures 8 and 9 are transverse sectional views taken along lines 8-8 and 9-9, respectively, of Figure 7; and

Figures 10 and 11 are transverse sectional views taken along lines Ill-l0 and I l-l l, respectively, of Figure 9.

. Referring now to the drawings which illustrate practical embodiments of my invention, A designates a dispenser unit comprising a container I having a spout 2 welded thereto approximately midway between the top and bottom. The container l is supported on its under surface within a cradle 3 formed by a portion of the upper-surface of a casting 4 and a pair of arms 5 integral therewith and diverging outwardly therefrom. The casting l is internally provided with a passageway 6 having at is forward end a vertical ontake opening downwardly in the provision of a discharge spout 8. The forward end wall of the casting 4 is provided with an internally threaded aperture 9 for receiving a throttling screw l0 which projects therethrough into the vertical passageway l. The passage 6 opens at its other end into a relatively enlarged chamber ll having internally threaded apertures l2, [3, in its rearward and lower walls, respectively, for optionally receiving a water line (not shown) by which it is conventionally connected to a source of water.

Provided in the upper surface of the casting 4 adjacent the cradle 3 is a vertically extending passage I l opening at its lower end into the Sweated into the passage is an upwardly projecting, narrow-bore tube or bleeder means l5 which is bent at its upper end to provide a downwardly directed discharge spout l6 projecting over and above the container l. Extending into the lower end of the aperture [4 is a throttling screw 11 threadedly engaged in an aperture 18 in the casting 4. Sized for loose-fitting disposition within the container l, for purposes more fully described hereinafter, is: an

3 open-topped, relatively light catch-bucket l9 having a volumetric capacity somewhat less than half that of the container I.

In usage the dispenser unit A is suitably disposed over a basin, tub, or sink (not shown) with the discharge spout 8 and the spout 2 directed for discharging thereinto and a water line is connected to the casting 5 through either of the apertures l2 or 13, depending upon whichever may be convenient under the particular circumstances, with the aperture I2 or 13 not so used, being closed by a suitable plug 213. A concentrated germicidal solution is then poured into the container l to a level which when the catchbuclret i9 is floated on the surface thereof will come to a point just below overflowing through the spout 2. This particular point may be appropriately marked on the inner face of the container 1. for various germicid solutions having different specific gravities it is apparent that one marking will not sufiice.

The water, when turned on, .iiows through the chamber it, the passageways -6 and I, and thence outwardly through the spout 3 into the basin. During such flow, a proportioned amount of ,Water will flow upwardly through the tube 45 and discharge from the spout. Iii into the container l9. By proper setting of the throttling screws if H, the relative rates of flow through the on-take it and tube can :be adjusted so that a predetermined number of drops of water fallinto the catch-bucket i3 for'each gallon of water flowing through the spout 8. its water :drips into the catch-hucket i9, the latter will 5 i become heavier and displace :a proportionate amount of the germicidal solution in the container :L, causing said solution to overflow through .thespout 2 and into the basin :(notshown). Once the operation has fully commenced, the germioidal solution will drip out [of the spout 2 drop tor drop as the water drips trom the spout it. it will thus be seen that the germicida'l solution so discharged is, in *efieet, metered in a defined proportion to the amount (of svater entering the basin through the spent '3, and the relationship, between the respective :amounts will be constant since both are responsive to the :same line pres- -In the event it is desired to increase the "germicidal potency of the rinse Water collecting i threaded inwardly "to restrict the tube -'l5 and thus reduce the amount of "water *fiow'ing therethrough with -a consequent diminution of the amount "of germicidal solution discharged through the spout 2. Since in the latter instance the flow of water -through the spout 8 remains However, if the container 1 is used 4 2! which will thus contain properly treated rinse water, and the container 1" is appropriately filled with soap solution in order to create a satisfactory dishwashing solution in the basin 22. Thus, dishes and utensils may be washed in the basin 22 and then rinsed in the basin 2i, being subjected to the germicidal action of the rinse water.

Each casting 4, i", is respectively provided with passageways G, t", vertical passageways l", spouts 8*, S", throttling screws 13', I3", chambers H, H, vertical apertures l4; l4, throttling screws i8, i8", and tubes l5, l5, each of said elements being in every respect similar to the corresponding part of the dispenser A above described.

Horizontally extending between the dispensers A, A"., and threadedly secured at its ends in suitable apertures in the walls of the chambers M 1-1", of the castings d, 4", is a conduit member 23.

Opening at its upper end into the chamber .H of the casting a and integrally formed therewith is :a tubular portion 24, externally threaded at its lower end .for suitable connection to a pipe 25 Beading from the source oi water not shown)" Provided in the tubular portion 2a is a valve member '26 having a. stem .21 with a handle .28 on its outer end and a plug '29 on its inner end for removable disposition in a valve seat term-ed a partition :3?! positioned within the tubular portion 24. Similarly, the passageway :7. is provided with :a. valve member 26', having a stem 21, "with a handle 2-8- on its (outer end and a valve plug 29' on its inner end for removable --dispositicniin a valve seat 3.0" termed in a partition 31" integrally formed across the passageway li It will thus be seen that as the handle 1:8 turned to withdraw the mug, 2-9 from its. sea-i L8H, water will flow from .its source through the pipe 25, upwardly into the tubular portion (2 :and :into the chamber ll .l", of theeasting 14,, thence through the conduit :23 .into the chamber, iii of the casting 4"" with water being discharged through the spouts, 82, 8", and into the basins 1E5. respectively assuming, of course, that the valve member 126' also opened. Simulconstant, the'resultant rinse water will obviously .izaneously, aportion of the water, the amount 'depemhng upon the line pressure, will :flow through the tubes l5, I5" of reach dispenser A1, A"',.3QI' discharge into containers, 19', 1 9' afloating on the surfaces :oi the germicidal and soap solutions, respectively, :in the containers l1, 1,", which solutions will the :metered into the basins 2|, 22, respectively.

The hasins 2-4., '22, :areconnected on their inner :smfiaces near their mpper ends by a dividing wall 33- having :a weir 311, Disposed within the washing hasin 2'2 npstandingdischarge pipe 33 suitably iGOIHAIBKCllBd at its lower :end to .a sewer and having, :at its upper end, a series of radially disposed apertures as, which are below the wall lfOI mam-naming a liquid level the wash 'lWBtE! basin 22 substantially below theleuel in the rinse water basin 21. The rinse water basin 2?! also suitably connected to a sewer pipe 35, the upper end of which may be plugged during operation bya conventional stopper '31.. Since the apertures :35 of the discharge pipe :33, :are below the passageway :31 there .is no danger of the W336]? .flowing from the basin 22 into the rinse water basin 2! to contaminate .or weaken the germicidal :oontent of. the rims water. By :means of the adjustment screws "L31, 13",, It, the; the specific concentration of germicide or soap :risose water and :wash

vwater, respectively, may be precisely regulated, in .the manner above-described in connection: with .the dispenser A. H In usage, it will thus be seen, that the basins 2|. 22, are filled with germicidallyv treated rinse water and wash water of adequate detergent strength, respectively. Once the basins 2|, 22, have been filled, as above described, the valve member. 26 is closedand the flow of fresh vhot water through the spout 8" may be reduced so that a small amount of fresh water is always flowing into the rinse water basin 2| and therinse :Water in thebasin 2| will: overflow throughth'e weir". 32"into'the basin 22 to refresh the wash water. Since water stills flows in proportioned amounts through the tubes |5,' I5", and drops very slowly into the catch-buckets l9, I9", soap solution and germicidal solution will continue to be dispensed at a properlyr'educed proportionate rate so that thegrespective strength of wash water and rinse water will bemaintained in spite of theicontinuous influx of refreshin water. It may be noted'th'at'as' rinse'water overflows into the wash water basin '22 it will have some germicidal .content but this is not detrimental to the wash water as"siich,'although, in the presence of most soaps and detergents, the commonly used germicidal agents lose their potency and hence the wash water. is not materially effective as a sterilizing agent per se.

It should be understood that changes and modifications in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the fluid dispenser may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I now claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A dispenser comprising an outer container, a discharge spout on said container located at a predetermined distance above the bottom thereof so that the container may be filled only up to the level of the spout with the liquid to be dispensed and will thereupon contain a predetermined volume of such liquid, an inner container disposed for substantially free movement up and down within the outer container and being adapted to float upon the surface of the liquid in the outer container, water discharging means adapted to be connected to a source of water, throttling means for restricting the rate of discharge of water from the water discharging means, and a tube connected to the water discharging means and having an open mouth located above the inner container for admitting water into said inner container and in proportion to the amount of water passing through said water discharging means, whereby the water entering the inner container will cause corresponding displacement of the liquid.

2. For use with a wash basin and a source of water, a dispenser comprising an open-topped container adapted to receive a defined quantity of fluid, an overflow spout on said container located a predetermined distance above the bottom of the container, support means for said container, said support means having a passageway adapted for communication at one end to the source of water and at its other end to the basin, a catch bucket disposed within the container and being adapted to float on the fluid therein, bleeder means connected at one end to said passageway and opening at its other end into the catch bucket for discharging water into the catch bucket in proportion to the amount of water en- 6 teringsaid passag$way, and thrcttling means ior restricting the rate of flow of water through said passageway whereby to build up Water pressure in the bleeder means.

3. For use .with a wash basin and-a source of water, a dispenser comprising a container adapted to receive a defined quantity of fluid at atmospheric pressure, an overflow spout on said container located a predetermined distance above the bottom thereof, supportmeans forsaid container, said support. means having a passageway for connection at one end into an enclosed chamber and-at its other end to a discharge spout, throttling means for said, discharge spout, said chamber being connected to a source of water, a catch bucket disposed within the container and being-adapted to float on the fluid therein, a

conduit member leading from said chamber for discharging water into the catch bucket in proportion to the 'amount of water enteringsaid chamber.

4.-; For;use with a wash basin-and a source of water, a dispenser comprising an open-topped container adapted to receive a defined quantity'of fluid, an overflow spout on said container located a predetermined distance above the j bottom thereof, support means for saidcontainer, said support means having a passageway for connection at one end into an enclosed chamber and at its other end to a discharge spout, said chamber being connected to a source of water, a catch bucket disposed within the container and being adapted to float on the fluid therein, a vertically disposed conduit member opening at its lower end into said chamber and terminating at its upper end in elevated relation to the catch bucket for discharging water into the catch bucket in proportion to the amount of water entering said chamber, and throttling means adjustably mounted in the discharge spout and being adapted to extend into the discharge spout for throttling the flow of liquid through the discharge spout whereby to build up sufficient pressure within the chamber to cause water to flow through the vertically disposed conduit member. 5. For use with a wash basin and a source of water, a dispenser comprising a container adapted to receive a defined quantity of fluid at w atmospheric pressure, an overflow spout on said container located a predetermined distance above the bottom thereof, support means for said container, said support means having a passageway for connection at one end into an enclosed chamber and at its other end to a discharge spout, said chamber being connected to a source of water, a catch bucket disposed within the container and being adapted to float on the fluid therein, a vertically disposed conduit member opening at its lower end into said chamber and terminating at its upper end in elevated relation to the catch bucket for discharging water into the catch bucket in proportion to the amount of water entering said chamber, and throttling means provided in said support means for controlling flow within the conduit member.

6. For use with a wash basin and a source of water, a dispenser comprising a first container, adapted to receive a defined quantity of fluid, a drip spout on said first container extending over the basin so that fluid flowing through the drip-spout will fall freely into the basin, said drip-spout being located a predetermined distance above the bottom of the container, support means for said first container, said support means having a passageway for connection at one end amuse:

to. an enclosed chamber and at its ether and to a. diseharge spout, said chamber being-connected to the source of water, a seeend container disposed fioatingly upon the surface of the fluid in the first eontainei', a vertically disposed conduit member opening at its lower end into said chamber and terminatin at its upper end in eievated relation to said second container for discharging water into said second oontainei" order to displace flu-id in the first container through the spout into the wash basin in proportion to the amount of water entering said chamber, throttling means for restricting the rate at discharge from the discharge snout ts build up apredetermined (amount of water pressure within the chamber.

"7. Fer use with a wash basin and a source of water, a dispenser comprising a first eentahier adapted receive a defined quantity of fluid, a drip spout on said oontainer extending :over the basin so that fiuid flow-mg through the drip spout will fall freely into the basin, said drip-spout being located a predetermined distance above the bottom of the container, a casting supporting said first container, said casting having a passageway for connection at one end to an enclosed chamher and at its other end to a diseharge spout in elevated relation to the wash basin-said chamber 8 being wnnscized to a source of water. :a second son-tamer disposed within the first-container and being adapted to float on the fluid therein, a wertiealiy disposed hleeder member opening at as lower end into said member and terminating at its upper end elevated relation to said secand ecentainer for discharging water into said sec and comainer'whereby fluid in the first container isdispiaeed through the spout into the wash basin inpmnortion to the amount of water entering said lchamber, and independent adjusting members for thmttimg the discharge spout and the bieedeir member fur regulating a pzmportionate relationship between the fluid discharged from the first container and water discharged through the disnharge-spout.

' FRANK T. HHZLIKER.

References Cited in the file of this patent :Beckmanu Nov. 17,1942 

